2 Chronicles 4:5

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It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold 18,000 gallons.

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  • 1 Kgs 7:26 : 26 It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold about 12,000 gallons.

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  • 1 Kgs 7:23-32
    10 verses
    94%

    23He also made the large bronze basin called“The Sea.” It measured 15 feet from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet high. Its circumference was 45 feet.

    24Under the rim all the way around it were round ornaments arranged in settings 15 feet long. The ornaments were in two rows and had been cast with“The Sea.”

    25“The Sea” stood on top of twelve bulls. Three faced northward, three westward, three southward, and three eastward.“The Sea” was placed on top of them, and they all faced outward.

    26It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold about 12,000 gallons.

    27He also made ten bronze movable stands. Each stand was six feet long, six feet wide, and four-and-a-half feet high.

    28The stands were constructed with frames between the joints.

    29On these frames and joints were ornamental lions, bulls, and cherubim. Under the lions and bulls were decorative wreaths.

    30Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and four supports. Under the basin the supports were fashioned on each side with wreaths.

    31Inside the stand was a round opening that was a foot-and-a-half deep; it had a support that was two and one-quarter feet long. On the edge of the opening were carvings in square frames.

    32The four wheels were under the frames and the crossbars of the axles were connected to the stand. Each wheel was two and one-quarter feet high.

  • 2 Chr 4:1-4
    4 verses
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    1He made a bronze altar, 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high.

    2He also made the big bronze basin called“The Sea.” It measured 15 feet from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven and one-half feet high. Its circumference was 45 feet.

    3Images of bulls were under it all the way around, ten every eighteen inches all the way around. The bulls were in two rows and had been cast with“The Sea.”

    4“The Sea” stood on top of twelve bulls. Three faced northward, three westward, three southward, and three eastward.“The Sea” was placed on top of them, and they all faced outward.

  • 2 Chr 4:6
    77%

    6He made ten washing basins; he put five on the south side and five on the north side. In them they rinsed the items used for burnt sacrifices; the priests washed in“The Sea.”

  • 1 Kgs 7:35-39
    5 verses
    75%

    35On top of each stand was a round opening three-quarters of a foot deep; there were also supports and frames on top of the stands.

    36He engraved ornamental cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the plates of the supports and frames wherever there was room, with wreaths all around.

    37He made the ten stands in this way. All of them were cast in one mold and were identical in measurements and shape.

    38He also made ten bronze basins, each of which could hold about 240 gallons. Each basin was six feet in diameter; there was one basin for each stand.

    39He put five basins on the south side of the temple and five on the north side. He put“The Sea” on the south side, in the southeast corner.

  • Exod 30:2-4
    3 verses
    75%

    2Its length is to be a foot and a half and its width a foot and a half; it will be square. Its height is to be three feet, with its horns of one piece with it.

    3You are to overlay it with pure gold– its top, its four walls, and its horns– and make a surrounding border of gold for it.

    4You are to make two gold rings for it under its border, on its two flanks; you are to make them on its two sides. The rings will be places for poles to carry it with.

  • Exod 25:24-25
    2 verses
    74%

    24You are to overlay it with pure gold, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold for it.

    25You are to make a surrounding frame for it about three inches broad, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold for its frame.

  • 2 Chr 4:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14the ten movable stands with their ten basins,

    15the big bronze basin called“The Sea” with its twelve bulls underneath,

  • Exod 37:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11He overlaid it with pure gold, and he made a surrounding border of gold for it.

    12He made a surrounding frame for it about three inches wide, and he made a surrounding border of gold for its frame.

  • Exod 37:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2He overlaid it with pure gold, inside and out, and he made a surrounding border of gold for it.

    3He cast four gold rings for it that he put on its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

  • 1 Kgs 7:43-44
    2 verses
    70%

    43the ten movable stands with their ten basins,

    44the big bronze basin called“The Sea” with its twelve bulls underneath,

  • Exod 30:18
    70%

    18“You are also to make a large bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. You are to put it between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it,

  • Exod 37:26-27
    2 verses
    70%

    26He overlaid it with pure gold– its top, its four walls, and its horns– and he made a surrounding border of gold for it.

    27He also made two gold rings for it under its border, on its two sides, on opposite sides, as places for poles to carry it with.

  • Exod 25:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11You are to overlay it with pure gold– both inside and outside you must overlay it, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold over it.

    12You are to cast four gold rings for it and put them on its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

  • Exod 35:16
    70%

    16the altar for the burnt offering with its bronze grating that is on it, its poles, and all its utensils; the large basin and its pedestal;

  • Exod 25:29
    70%

    29You are to make its plates, its ladles, its pitchers, and its bowls, to be used in pouring out offerings; you are to make them of pure gold.

  • 2 Kgs 25:16
    70%

    16The bronze of the items that King Solomon made for the LORD’s temple– including the two pillars, the big bronze basin called“The Sea,” the twelve bronze bulls under“The Sea,” and the movable stands– was too heavy to be weighed.

  • 1 Chr 28:17
    69%

    17for the pure gold used for the meat forks, bowls, and jars, for the small gold bowls, including the weight for each bowl, for the small silver bowls, including the weight for each bowl,

  • Exod 39:39
    69%

    39the bronze altar and its bronze grating, its poles, and all its utensils; the large basin with its pedestal;

  • Exod 37:24
    69%

    24He made the lampstand and all its accessories with seventy-five pounds of pure gold.

  • Exod 37:16-17
    2 verses
    69%

    16He made the vessels which were on the table out of pure gold, its plates, its ladles, its pitchers, and its bowls, to be used in pouring out offerings.

    17The Making of the Lampstand He made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered metal; its base and its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its blossoms were from the same piece.

  • Exod 38:2
    69%

    2He made its horns on its four corners; its horns were part of it, and he overlaid it with bronze.

  • Exod 27:2
    69%

    2You are to make its four horns on its four corners; its horns will be part of it, and you are to overlay it with bronze.

  • Exod 30:28
    69%

    28the altar for the burnt offering and all its utensils, and the laver and its base.

  • Exod 25:39
    69%

    39About seventy-five pounds of pure gold is to be used for it and for all these utensils.